Mr. Hironobu Nishikori, Corporate Senior Vice President of Semiconductor
& Storage Company, comments: "HDD and flash memory technologies will
continue to coexist, taking advantage of their respective
characteristics. Toshiba is the only vendor covering the spectrum of HDD,
SSD and NAND flash memory. Inspired by our vision of Total Storage
Innovation, we aim to be the leading storage solution provider in the
evolving cloud & big data era."

Big data has three essential attributes: volume for over petabytes data,
velocity for real time data processing and analytics and variety for
mixture of structured and unstructured data. The key to product
differentiation lies in real-time analytics of that data to maneuver
social infrastructure system in timely manner. Towards that Toshiba will
offer storage solutions that address each of the 3Vs.

Mindful of fast-emerging possibilities, not least those associated with
cloud computing, in fiscal 2013 Toshiba is focusing on enterprise, Client
and consumer storage products.

As networks proliferate and their technologies continue to progress, the
world is being inundated by a rising tide of data generated by SNS
terminals and sensors. The numbers are startling: reflecting the rise of
cloud computing, people will have to deal with about 40 zettabytes of
data in 2020. Toshiba will offer HDDs designed for storage of large
volume of data. At the same time, the company will strengthen its
offerings of enterprise SSD suitable for data transfer at high velocity
by exploiting the synergy of its proprietary NAND flash memory technology
and know-how in controller and firmware design for enterprise HDDs.

Hybrid drives are the fruits of a synergy between NAND flash memory, SSD,
and HDD technologies. Hybrid drives are HDDs with NAND flash memory that
offer capacities as large as HDD and speeds comparable to SSD. Featuring
self-learning algorithms to identify user access patterns, a hybrid drive
optimally assigns data to three layers of storage devices consisting of
DRAM, NAND flash and magnetic disks. The result is a start-up time as
quick as an SSD's. Toshiba claims that its strengths in both NAND flash
memory and SSD/HDD technologies have a multiplier effect, giving its
hybrid drives performances far superior to those of conventional HDDs.
With hybrid drives to the fore, Toshiba aims to expand its share of the
market for client storage products.

Rising demand for external HDDs attests to their attractiveness as a neat
solution for those requiring additional storage capacity for moving data
from the HDD or SSD built into PCs, for back-up, or for recording TV
programs. Toshiba offers a wide choice of external HDDs, including the
world's smallest and lightest1 9-mm-thick portable HDDs, portable HDDs up
to 2 terabytes (up to 1.5 terabytes for models for the Japanese market)
that do not require a power cable, and 3-terabyte external hard disks (2
terabytes for the Japanese market). This line-up of captivating products
is one compelling reason why Toshiba has already won a 25% share of the
North American and European markets for external HDDs. Building on that
strong presence, Toshiba intends to grow the business by offering a wider
choice of consumer products geared to diversifying needs.